The Perth Royal Show has always been a favourite destination for Holly and I, where we get to act like kids again and run rampant around the show eating lollies, and patting the farm animals. So when the Royal Melbourne Show arrived (20-30th September), we couldn’t resist and had to attend.

So I took the Friday off as annual leave (under the assumption that the show would be quiet as the school holidays hadn’t started yet), and hopped onto the train heading over to the show grounds.

The highlight of the show would have to be the pig racing. Pig racing you say? Don’t worry, I have never heard of it before but I have been told that it’s a common event at the show. We headed over to the pig stadium to check things out and the result? The most hilarious thing I have seen in my life! Check out the action shots below:

Running Pigs

Jumping Pigs

Next onto the farm animal shed. First stop was the ewe birthing station. We waiting around for about 30 minutes for the birth, however the lamb was a no show. I wasn’t too fussed about this because I’m sure the birthing of a lamb wouldn’t be the most attractive thing, so we decided to move on to the baby animal playpen. We followed some kids in pretending we were their parents, but once in, we ditched the charade and ran havoc. How can anyone resist patting a goat or a lamb? After checking out all the baby animals, we scraped the manure off the bottom of our shoes, and went to look at the dog display.

Lamb

Now Holly and I aren’t doggy people, but we fell in love with the Short Hair German Pointers. We stood at the sideline and got to pat them all as they left the arena. Below is a picture of the Schnauzers.

Funny Dogs

Other than that, the day was spent filling up on samples of chips, cheese, chocolate, ice cream, jam, fudge, candy and nuts. So which is better, the Perth or the Melbourne Royal Show? Well I personally like Perth better. It’s just more chaotic and less refined than the Melbourne show, and to top it off, Perth has the Hot Fresh Crispy Donuts ™ which were surprisingly absent from Melbourne! Overall, a most enjoyable day out.